Cute Wife Gourmet

Chapter 21 I am a Rabbit

When Song Qi returned to the courtyard, he saw the results that his sister-in-law had brought back personally, and he immediately said, "Just tell me, that old Yu bullies the weak and fears the strong, I'll go myself."

Ye Jiayao said angrily, "Forget it, it's okay if it's less! Maybe there will be even less in the future, and I won't even be able to drink porridge, let alone eat vegetables."

Peng Wu said, "Don't make trouble. The Dragon-Breaking Stone has been put down, and we can't go down the mountain for a while."

Song Qi was surprised: "Really?"

Peng Wu sighed and carried the basket of vegetables into the kitchen.

There was too little meat. Ye Jiayao had originally planned to make pork buns, but now she could only make cabbage and pork stuffing with a half-meat and half-vegetarian version.

Song Qi had strong hands and kneaded the dough evenly and thoroughly. Ye Jiayao divided the dough into evenly sized pieces, squeezed them and rolled them into evenly thick dough sheets, then put the fillings in and skillfully pinched them into 18 even folds, which looked very beautiful.

"Sister-in-law, is there anything you can't make?" Song Qi was amazed. The things made by his sister-in-law were so exquisite, with good color, fragrance, taste and shape.

Ye Jiayao smiled and said, "I'm not as good as you think. These are all homely things. You'll get used to them if you do them more often."

Song Qi said: "It's rare for a home-cooked meal to be so good."

Xia Chunyu walked in and threw the two rabbits on the ground. "Song Qi, kill them."

"Third Master, you hunted this rabbit just in time. We are short of meat today." Song Qi said happily. He picked up a rabbit by the ears and looked at it. He said with satisfaction, "This rabbit is really fat."

Xia Chunyu turned and walked away expressionlessly.

Song Qi picked up the rabbit and was about to kill it, but Ye Jiayao hurriedly stopped him, "Hey, don't kill it."

Both rabbits were shot in the legs by Chunyu and were injured. Ye Jiayao was born in the Year of the Rabbit and had a special feeling for rabbits. Who wouldn’t like such a cute and well-behaved animal? She had raised rabbits at home before, but they died. She cried sadly and found a box to bury them properly.

Song Qi said: "Why not kill him?"

Ye Jiayao said confidently: "I am born in the year of the rabbit, and I am not allowed to eat rabbits."

Song Qi was stunned. Is there such a reason?
"But I am also born in the Year of the Rooster, so shouldn't I still eat chicken?"

"It's different. You're not allowed to do it anyway." Ye Jiayao's hands were covered with flour and it was difficult to do anything. She ordered, "Help me take out the arrow, sprinkle some golden wound medicine on it and bandage it. Don't kill it, or I'll settle the score with you."

Song Qi was speechless and had to obey orders and help the rabbit heal its wounds.

When eating breakfast, Xia Chunyu didn't see Ye Jiayao, so he asked Song Qi. Song Qi said that his sister-in-law was feeding rabbits in the backyard.

Xia Chunyu frowned and said, "Feed the rabbit? Didn't I tell you to kill it?"

Song Qi said unhappily, "My sister-in-law wouldn't let me, saying that she was born in the year of the rabbit and can't eat rabbit meat."

Xia Chunyu's mouth twitched as he looked at the pork in the bun filling and thought, fortunately she was not born in the year of the pig, otherwise she would not be able to eat pork.

"I'll go up the mountain to take a look later. I wonder if any prey has fallen into the trap I set a few days ago. It would be great if we could catch a wild boar." Song Qi said.

"Well, if we catch a wild boar, I'll make you pig stomach and chicken." Ye Jiayao walked in from outside.

When it comes to pig stomach chicken, Song Qi's head droops. Peng Wu can't help it after all and asks, "Sister-in-law, how do you know we will fight?"

Ye Jiayao spread her hands: "How do I know you guys would use your fists? I can only say that I'm lucky, or are you letting me win on purpose?"

Xia Chunyu glanced at her indifferently and said, "Just pretend. You were so confident at that time, looking like you had it all figured out. There must be some trick here."

Ye Jiayao would never tell them that this was the result of a psychologist's research, and that she would only play this game once and would never give them a chance to turn the tables.

"Peng Wu, please deliver breakfast to the second in command later." Ye Jiayao said.

Peng Wu looked at the third in command, Xia Chunyu, who did not express any opinion and acquiesced. He thought about it last night and felt that there was no harm in doing so.

So Peng Wu gladly accepted the order and took the food box to the second in command.

Ye Jiayao sat down to eat, and Song Qi asked, "Sister-in-law, are you going to keep those two rabbits?"

"No, I'll release them back to the mountains once their injuries have healed." Ye Jiayao said. She was afraid that she would kill the rabbits again.

Xia Chunyu said expressionlessly, "In the near future, I'm afraid that more and more people will go hunting in the mountains."

Ye Jiayao was stunned for a moment. Yes! The village was short of supplies, so someone must have gone up the mountain to hunt. The two little rabbits were so round, chubby, and so cute that they would definitely not escape the clutches of the hunters.

"Then I'd better keep them! Chunyu, can I keep them?" Ye Jiayao wasn't sure whether Chunyu liked small animals or not. After all, this was his territory. It would be better to ask for his opinion. If he didn't like them, she could send the rabbits to Aunt Jiang and let her help raise them.

Xia Chunyu said indifferently: "It's up to you." He didn't need to support her anyway.

Ye Jiayao smiled and said in a coquettish voice: "Chun Yu, you are so nice."

Xia Chunyu and Song Qi shuddered together, secretly shaking off goose bumps.

While they were talking, Peng Wu came back and said that the second in command had drunk the porridge, but had not even touched the pig liver soup that Old Yu had sent.

Ye Jiayao gloated over the misfortune, and was quite proud: "Who can eat pig liver soup made so early in the morning?"

That old Yu is also stupid. What's the point of just knowing how to cook? When cooking, you have to consider the taste of the people who eat the food, and you have to cook according to the physical condition of the people who eat the food and the changes of the four seasons. No matter how delicious the food is, it will be useless if it doesn't taste right or is not suitable.

Peng Wu smiled and said, "I told the Second in Command that my sister-in-law wanted to cook for him, and he said he wanted to eat the meat pie made by my sister-in-law."

Ye Jiayao said happily: "Okay, I'll make dinner for him." As she said that, Ye Jiayao proudly threw a coquettish glance at Xia Chunyu.

Xia Chunyu lowered his head and pretended not to see it, complaining in his heart: This woman is too frivolous. At the same time, he was a little puzzled, how could the second in command, a typical Shandong man, be accustomed to the southern-style food she cooked?

This warm morning was soon ruined by a cleansing operation. The boss ordered that anyone who had been to the mountain within a year must be investigated, and Song Qi was the first one to be questioned.

Facing the confidant of the big boss who came to find Song Qi, Xia Chunyu said nothing, but his face looked a little ugly. Song Qi hid very deeply, and it was impossible to suspect Song Qi. This was most likely aimed at him.

Peng Wu patted Song Qi's shoulder comfortingly: "Song Qi, it's okay, the boss just wants to understand the situation, just tell the truth."

Song Qi puffed out his chest and held his neck high: "What do I have to be afraid of? I'm not an undercover agent."

Song Qi left with the others. Xia Chunyu put down his bowl and said, "Peng Wu, let's go to the martial arts arena."

Ye Jiayao felt scared when she thought of what Chunyu said last night. Song Qi was Chunyu's man, and the boss targeted Song Qi first. Was he really targeting Chunyu?

Song Qi was gone for more than an hour before returning with a gloomy face. Ye Jiayao asked with concern, "How is it? Did the boss suspect you?"

Song Qi said angrily: "It's so infuriating, I almost got into a fight with them."

Ugh! In Ye Jiayao's eyes, Song Qi was an optimist, smiling all day long, looking heartless. This was the first time she saw him so angry.

"Why are you angry with them? They are just following orders." Ye Jiayao advised.

"I just can't stand them interrogating me like a thief." Song Qi said in a muffled voice.

"Okay, I let you back because I trust you, don't be angry." Ye Jiayao comforted him, thinking, can the boss find out the undercover by investigating like this? Which undercover is stupid enough to admit that he is an undercover, unless there is solid evidence. Doing this will only make people feel disappointed and make everyone feel insecure. It seems that this boss is not very capable.

Ye Jiayao was right. After several days of investigation and interrogation, more than 200 people in the village registered with the boss, but they didn't even see the shadow of an undercover agent. Instead, they complained a lot. Some people grumbled that if they couldn't stay here, they would find other places to stay and wanted to go down the mountain. Xia Chunyu got angry and locked up all these people, and no one dared to complain anymore.

However, by doing so, everyone started to blame Xia Chunyu. Ye Jiayao could vaguely guess what Chunyu was thinking. Standing up at this time to take the blame for the boss and withstand the pressure would be more useful than anything else she said.

After having Peng Wu deliver meals for two days, Ye Jiayao started delivering meals herself.

"Second brother, are you feeling better today? You seem to be in good spirits." Ye Jiayao came to the second in command's residence with a bowl of pigeon soup, smiling.

The second in command had thick skin and tough flesh, and was pierced through by a feather arrow and stabbed in the chest. When he was first rescued back to the mountain, people said he was almost dead, but he recovered in just a few days. If it were someone else, he would have been lying in bed half-dead for ten days or half a month.

The second in command laughed heartily, but got stuck halfway through, as if someone had suddenly grabbed his throat, and he gasped while covering his wound.

Ye Jiayao asked with concern: "Second brother, are you okay? Do you want to call Mr. Liu?"

The second in command waved his hands, took a few deep breaths, recovered, and said, "It's okay, it's okay. Damn it, it hurts so much."

Ye Jiayao said, "How can it not hurt? I cut my finger and it hurts terribly. Second brother, this is the pigeon soup I specially stewed for you. It's very good for wound healing."

The second in command smiled and said, "Thank you so much for troubling my sister-in-law."

"What's the trouble? It's just a piece of cake. Second brother, you were injured. Although my eldest brother and Chunyu didn't say anything, they were worried to death. Chunyu couldn't sleep well. I mentioned it yesterday that drinking pigeon soup would help the wound heal. He got up before dawn and went up the mountain to hunt wild pigeons. After wandering around for a long time, he actually found two." Ye Jiayao seemed to be muttering unintentionally and complaining again.

"He is a person who always has a sullen face and never says nice things. He is like a gourd without a mouth. He keeps everything in his heart. Fortunately, I finally understand his temper. Otherwise, I would be pissed off by him."

"My second brother is this kind of person. He looks cold but is warm-hearted. You have to bear with him, sister-in-law." The second in command laughed.

"Even if I don't want to, I have to bear the responsibility. Who made me follow him? It's a matter of life and death. There's nothing I can do. Alas... Second brother, take your time eating. I'll go back first." Ye Jiayao was not in a hurry to get close to him. This kind of thing had to be done slowly.

As soon as Ye Jiayao walked out of the door, she saw the boss walking towards her with his hands behind his back and his head lowered.

(End of this chapter)